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Understand and Overcome Stage Fright

Understand and Overcome Stage Fright

by Gerald Klickstein | Nov 3, 2024 | music education, music performance, performance anxiety, The Musician's Way

“Performance anxiety doesn’t yield to band-aid solutions, nor does it abate on its own.” -The Musician’s Way, p. 146 Camille was a 19-year-old amateur pianist who excelled in school but was petrified to play in public.* Her anxiety had surfaced in...
Courage and Conviction On Stage

Courage and Conviction On Stage

by Gerald Klickstein | Feb 20, 2024 | music performance, performance anxiety, stage presence, The Musician's Way

“ Confident performance is not a fluke, but the product of imaginative and consistent synthesis of technical and emotional work. ” -Frank R. Wilson The Musician’s Way, p. 146 In a highlight of the 2024 Grammy Awards ceremony, singer-songwriter Tracy Chapman sang her...
Subdue Stage Fright with Self-Acceptance

Subdue Stage Fright with Self-Acceptance

by Gerald Klickstein | Mar 14, 2023 | music performance, performance anxiety, Stage fright, The Musician's Way

“Your central tasks are finding inner peace and strength, on the one hand, and being very well-prepared for your performances, on the other.” -Eric Maisel, author & psychologist The Musician’s Way, p. 146 In The Musician’s Way, I show that stage fright arises due...
Thinking and Feeling While Performing

Thinking and Feeling While Performing

by Gerald Klickstein | Oct 26, 2022 | creative process, music performance, performance anxiety, The Musician's Way

“Give yourself over to the emotion of the music while you also lead the music, directing your execution and the emotional flow.” –The Musician’s Way, p. 187 Aspiring musicians work hard to develop technical and interpretive skills, which are the most obvious abilities...
Harnessing On-Stage Energy

Harnessing On-Stage Energy

by Gerald Klickstein | Jan 8, 2020 | music performance, music practice, performance anxiety

“It’s not about playing well by being comfortable and wiping out nervous energy. It’s about finding the right channel for all that energy” -Don Greene, sports psychologist The Musician’s Way, p. 184 We’ve all felt that adrenaline-fueled...
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